Experiments Flashcards
Prep of a solution
-rinse pipette, burette, w/ d.i water, and with solutions/chemicals
(if using powder/crystals )-weigh out solute on weighed clock glass, subtract mass of clock glass
-put into (clean) beaker, rinsing clock glass w/ d.i. beaker to ensure all solute goes into it (rinsings)
-stir, dissolve
-use funnel, pour into volumetric flask, rinsing again as you do so using d.i. water
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(If using a solution)-fill pipette with pipette filler up to mark with the bottom of meniscus on the mark
-transfer into volumetric flask using a funnel, then rinse funnel to ensure all of the solution goes into it
- fill up close to the mark with d.i. water, add final amount using dropper until bottom of meniscus on mark. Read at eye level.
- stopper, invert several times to ensure solute uniform through solution
Iron tablet experiment - procedure for making up solution
- crush tablets with mortar and pestle
- washed into beaker
- stirred to dissolve
- transferred into flask using funnel
- rinsings added to flask
- add using dropper
- top up carefully until bottom of meniscus level with mark
- stopper, invert multiple times
iron tablet - why use dilute sulfuric acid in making up solution
to prevent air oxidation of Fe²⁺ in solution to Fe³⁺
iron tablet - why was more dilute sulfuric acid added before titration commenced?
to prevent formation of manganese(IV) (Mn⁺⁴) (brown precipitate) in solution
iron tablet - how was end-point detected?
colourles to pink
iron tablet - why nitric acid could not be used to provide acidic conditions for this reaction
nitric acid could not be used as it is a strong oxidising agent
measuring the heat of neutralisation (of ethanoic acid by sodium hydroxide) in the school laboratory
- suitable container (polystyrene cup / calorimeter / glass vessel such as beaker) of known head capacity
- known vols & concs of acid and base
- measure initial temp, mix and note new (highest) temp
- calculate heat produced using mcdeltatheta
- calc for 1 mole H+ / calc heat of neutralisation
why ethanoic acid and sulfuric acid would have diff heats of neutralisation
sulfuric acid: strong acid - dissociated, present as ions, energy not needed to dissociate)
ethanoic acid: weak acid (undissociated, slightly dissociated, present as molecules, energy needed to dissociate)
water of crystallisation experiment - primary standard reagent which could have been used to standardise the HCL solution
anhydrous sodium carbonate
water of crystallisation experiment - suitable indicator, colour change,
methyl orange
yellow to red
water of crystallisation experiment - why not more than 1-2 drops of indicator should be used
methyl orange is a weak acid
describe the correct procedure for rinsing the burette before filling it with the solution to deliver + describe filling it
rinse with deionised water
rinse with solution
- use funnel, pour in at top, take meniscus into account
- remove funnel
- ensure area below tap is filled
why is it important to fill the part below the tap of the burette?
air will be displaced by solution
describe procedure for weighing + making up solution from hydrated sodium carbonate crystals (for powders/crystals)
- weigh on clock glass using electronic balance
- transfer solution to beaker + rinse clock glass with d.i water using wash bottle to ensure all is transferred
- dissolve in d.i water
- transfer to volumetric flask using funnel + rinse with d.i water to ensure all is transferred
- add d.i water to up to near mark on flask
- add final amount using dropper, taking meniscus into account
- stopper, invert several times
describe procedure for washing the pipette and using it to measure the solution
-rinse with d.i water, followed by solution
- fill up to mark with pipette filler taking meniscus into account
- transfer to flask with tip against side of flask to avoid splashing
three precautions with burette that should be taken in order to ensure an accurate measurement
- vertical/read at eye level
- add dropwise using dropper near end-point
- rough titration first
sodium carbonate crystals, is not a primary standard but anhydrous sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃) may be used as a primary standard. Why is this the case?
- Na₂CO₃ is pure, stable, anhydrous (not hydrated), no water loss
- solution of exact concentration can be made, no need to standardise by titration, any opposite point for sodium carbonate crystals
proceedure to measure out water from a beaker to a conical flask
- rinse pipette with d.i water and then the water sample
- use 25cm² pipette twice
- read mark at eye level, bottom of meniscus on mark
- touch tip against inside wall of conical flask, empty it out, do not blow out last drop from pipette
describe how the melting point of the crude product/recystallised product of benzoic acid could have been measured
-know diagram
- sample on heating block
- thermometer in melting block
- block heated
- note temp range over which sample melts
melting point benzoic acid experiment - two ways how you could conclude from melting points that the recrystallised product was purer than crude product
- higher melting point
- melting point closer closer to correct (in tables) value
- sharper (narrower range)
one important use of benzoic acid or its salts
- food preservative
- disinfectant (antiseptic, fungicide)
- calibration
describe the flame test
- dip platinum wire in HCl to clean, clean if it does not change flame colour
- dip in HCl
- dip in sample of salt, sticks to wire
- place salt in/over Bunsen flame
- note colour of flame observed
- if question specifies a salt, write the colour the flame should turn into
flame test - the metals and their colours
Barium nitrate: yellow-green
Copper sulfate: blue-green
Lithium carbonate: deep red
Potassium sulfate: lilac
Sodium sulfate: yellow
Strontium nitrate: red
flame test - why do metals give off a characteristic colour in a flame?
energy differences between energy levels in metal atoms vary from metal to metal. Using energy from flame, electrons move to higher energy levels then return to lower e levels, emitting light whos energies are equal to energy diff between higher e levels and lower e levels.
flame test - what procedure is used to avoid cross contamination?
Platinum wire: cleaned with concentrated HCL after each test
Wooden splint: diff splint used for each test
redox reactions of halogens - What is observed when chlorine gas is bubbled into an aqueous solution of sodium bromide? Explain your answer in terms of oxidation and reduction.
-solution turns red-brown
-bromide ions oxidised to bromide
Br⁻ –> Br₂
-chlorine reduced to chloride ions
Cl₂ –> Cl⁻
How do halogens react? + order of oxidising power
As oxidising agents, as they often react by taking an electron from another element.
F > Cl > Br > I > At
Why some halogens cant be used for the redox reaction
- Fluorine extremely poisonous
- Astatine unstable + radioactive
Ethanoic acid in vinegar - measuring sample of vinegar and diluting it with d.i water
- use pipette previously rinsed with deionised water and then rinsed with the vinegar solution it will contain
- pipette: read at eye-level, bottom of meniscus on mark, don’t shake out/blow out last drop
-transfer to volumetric flask previously rinsed with deionised water, fill with d.i water until bottom of meniscus on mark (dropper at end), stopper + invert number of times
Ethanoic acid in vinegar - indicator
phenolphtalein
Ethanoic acid in vinegar - colour change at end point
pink to colourless
Ethanoic acid in vinegar - why vingar is diluted
to avoid small titre which would reduce accuracy of experiment
reduces amount of vinegar and amount of sodium hydroxide solution needed in experiment
Ethanoic acid in vinegar - why is phenolphthalein used as the indicator
this is a weak acid/strong base titration and phenolphthalein changes colour in appropriate pH range
why rough titration carried out first
to find approx endpoint, enables subsequent titrations to be carried out more quickly + more accurately
why are three accurate titrations carried out
reduce experimental error by calculating average value
when doing titration calculations, remember
- dont use the first titration value given, as it is the rough titre unless stated that it is an accurate titre
- get the average of the accurate titres
starting with solution of anhydrous sodium carbonate, what two titrations are required to standardise a sodium hydroxide solution?
- anhydrous sod carbonate titrated with a strong acid (eg. HCl, sulfuric acid, nitric acid)
- acid titrated with sodium hydroxide solution
what compound in white wine is converted to ethanoic acid in vinegar? what type of chemical process converts this compound to ethanoic acid?
ethanol
oxidation
name piece of equipment that should be used to measure x solution during the titration
burette
precaution that should have been taken as end point of titration approached + how it would have contributed to accuracy of titration result
-add drop by drop
(so end point will be precisely/accurately detected
-swirl flask contents
(ensure thorough mixing of reactants)
water of crystalisation in sodium carbonate - indicator
methyl orange
water of crystalisation in sodium carbonate - colour change
yellow to pink/peach
in acid-base titrations, why preferable to use little of indicator as possible
indicator is a weak acid/weak base, excessive use will affect titre value
physical appearance of hydrated sodium carbonate
white crystalline solid
explain water of crystallisation
water present in definite proportions in crystalline compounds
identify a primary standard reagent which could have been used to standardise the HCl solution
anhydrous sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃)
potassium manganate(VII)/ammonium iron(II) sulfate titration - why ammonium iron(II) sulfate suitable as primary standard
it is stable + available in a highly pure form
potassium manganate(VII)/ammonium irom(II) sulfate titration - indicator + observation at end point
- no indicator needed as manganate ions decolourised in reaction until end point
- pale pink colourless remains
why pipette + burette rinsed with di water followed by a little of solutions they were to contain
- di water washes out residual solutions in burette + pipette
- remove any residual water so as to avoid dilution of solutions when they are added
why conical flask rinsed with d.i only
di water washes out any residual solution in flask, but if it was washed out with solution it was to contain, traces of it would remain + there would not be a precisely known amount of solution in flask
why you wash down sides of conical flask with di water from a wash bottle
ensure all of solution transferred
why washing down with di water does not affect results
only di water added, no extra reactants introduced
procedure used during titrations to ensure accuracy of end point
- swirl flask while adding solution from burette
- rinse down walls of flask with di water at intervals
- add x dropwise as end point approached
- read burette at eye-level
- keep burette vertical
- carry out rough titration first
- use white tile to see colour changes in flask clearly
why are iron tablets sometimes medically prescribed?
- to prevent anaemia
- for haemoglobin
iron in iron tablet - why potassium manganate(VII) must be standardised + why necessary to standardise immediately before use in titration
- not primary standard
- to find concentration
- unstable
- reacts with water
- affected by light
iron in iron tablet - reagent used for standardising potassium manganate (VII)
ammonium iron(II) sulfate
iron in iron tablet - how solution prepared from iron tablets
-tablets crushed + dissovled
-transferred with rinsings to volumetric flask using funnel
-bottom of meniscus on mark
-dropper
-stopper + invert
etc
why more than one titration carried out
reduce experimental error by getting mean of accurate titres
steps taken to minimise error prior to titration
- rinsed with di water
- rinsed with solution etc
iodine/thiosulfate titration - how iodine, a non-polar substance of very low water solubility, is brought into aqueous solution
- reaction with potassium iodide (KI)
- forms soluble potassium triiodide (KI₃)
iodine/thiosulfate titration - indicator
starch solution
iodine/thiosulfate titration - when indicator is added
-when colour in conical flask is light/pale yellow (close to end point)
iodine/thiosulfate titration - colour change at end point
blue-black to colourless
iodine/thiosulfate titration - why using distilled water instead of di water would ensure a more accurate result
-di water could contain non-ionic substances that could be oxidised/reduced
iodine/thiosulfate titration - what must be added to bring iodine into aqueous soln?
-source of iodide ions (eg. potassium iodide)
iodine/thiosulfate titration - sequence of colours observed in flask from start of titration until end point
- golden-brown colour
- light/pale yellow
- blue-black
- colourless
iodine/thiosulfate titration - why hydrated sodium thiosulfate not suitable as primary standard
- not stable
- loses water of crystallisation readily
iodine/thiosulfate titration - why iodine solutions made up using potassium iodide solution
iodine is a non-polar substance of very low water solubility
iodine/thiosulfate titration - why starch solution has to be freshly prepared + why added close to end point
- it deteriorates quickly on standing
- to give sharp end-point
hypochlorite in bleach - indicator + when its added
- starch solution
- when colour of solution in flash fades to pale yellow colour
what should be rinsed with di water and then with the solution
Di water: pipette, burette, conical flask
Solution: pipette, burette
hypochlorite in bleach - colour change at end point
blue-black to colourless
hypochlorite in bleach - colour when potassium iodide and sulfuric acid reaacted with the diluted bleach
reddish-brown / brown / red
hypochlorite in bleach - why excess potassium iodide used
so all bleach (hypochlorite) has reacted and to keep the iodine in solution
why stand the conical flask on white tile during titrations
so that colour-change (End point) clearer/more easily seen
why use volumetric flask instead of graduated cylinder
volumetric flask is quite an accurate measuring vessel while g cylinder is not
hardness of a water sample - solution titrated against sample to measure hardness
EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid)
hardness of a water sample - why boiling + filtering sample would lower ppm
-temporary hardness was removed, only permanent hardness remaining
full name of EDTA
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
hardness of a water sample - indicator + colour change at end point
- Eriochrome Black T
- wine red to blue
hardness of a water sample - purpose of buffer solutions
-to stabilise the pH of a solution
hardness of a water sample - buffer required for titration
-buffer solution of pH 10
hardness of a water sample - problem if wrong buffer was used
- inaccurate end point
- edta complexing with other ions
hardness of a water sample - operations involving the flask carried out as edta being added from burette during titration
- swirl flask o mix
- wash down sides with di water
- on white tile
hardness of a water sample - is the water having passed thru the deioniser suitable as di water in the lab?
- not suitable
- hardness remaining after passing thru deioniser
- deioniser needs to be replaced
hardness of a water sample - purpose of adding buffer solution
keep pH at around 10 / ensure sharp end-point
hardness of a water sample - reaction of adding dilute HCl to deposit found on insides of kettles from hard water
CaCO₃ + 2HCl –> CaCl₂ + H₂O + CO₂
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - why avoid trapping air bubbles each time stopped inserted into sample and when ussing dropper
would increase dissolved oxygen / oxygen concentration
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - solutions added to sample
- manganese(II) sulfate solution
- alkaline potassium iodide
-concentrated sulfuric acid
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - observation after adding sulfuric acid + mixing contents of bottle
brown solution
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - conclusion reached if a white precipitate observed instead of brown precipitate after first two additions of reagents to bottle filled with river water
extremely low oxygen in water
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - why is immediate determination of dissolved oxygen considered best practice
biochemical reactions occur / action of micro-organisms
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - why analyse sample of river water immediately?
- so oxygen content doesnt increase due to photosynthesis
- so oxygen content doesnt change due to activity of organisms in water
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - in making additions to sample, why should solutions be concentrated?
-minimise change in oxygen dissolved in sample / so small volume (amount) supplies excess
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - how addition of conc solution of manganese(II) sulfate should be carried out
- additions made so water overflows from bottle
- make additions under level of the water
- using dropper
- do not bubble air (oxygen) into water in process
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - precautions when replacing stopper after each addition
-do not trap air (oxygen) bubbles
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - indicator + when it should be added + colour change at end point
- starch solution
- when solution is pale yellow
- blue black to colourless
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - why bottles shaken
help dissolved oxygen to react
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - why bottles are completely filled
prevent additional oxygen from air dissolving in water
dissolved oxygen by redox titration - why bottle stored in dark
prevent oxygen production by photosynthesis
why conical flask instead of beaker
allow easy mixing of contents by swirling
why funnel removed from burette after adding acid solution
so drops of solution from funnel will not fall into burette
why clamp burette vertically?
enable liquid level to be read correctly
how liquid level in burette adjusted to zero mark
- fill to below mark + add dropwise
- bottom of meniscus on mark
why pipette filler used to fill pipette with solution
safety/hygiene
standardisation of HCl using standard soln of sodium carbonate - indicator + colour change at end point
methyl orange
yellow to red
test for carbonate anions
- add HCl solution
- effervescence, colourless gas evolved
- limewater test: becomes milky, CO₂ evolved
- Add magnesium sulfate, white precipitate formed
- heated, no change
test for hydrogencarbonate anions
- add HCl solution
- effervescence, colourless gas evolved
- limewater test: becomes milky, CO₂ evolved
- Add magnesium sulfate, no change
- heated, white precipitate appears
test for sulfate anions
- Add barium chloride, white precipitate formed
- add HCl solution, no change
test for sulfite anions
- add barium chloride, white precipitate formed
- add HCl solution, white precipitate disappears
test for nitrate anion
- add iron(II) sulfate
- nothing observed
- add concentrated sulfuric acid
- brown ring appears at boundary between liquid layers
ethyne - What is in each piece of equipment?
- water dropped onto calcium carbide (in reaction flask)
- acidified copper(II) sulfate solution in another tube
- water in water bath
ethyne - observation in reaction flask as water dropped onto calcium carbide
-turns milky / bubbling / effervescence (fizzing)
ethyne - why first few test tubes of gas collected were discarded
-contain air (nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide)
ethene, ethane, ethyne diagrams
know diagrams from notes
precautions when carrying out ethene experiment
- remove delivery tube from water before removing heat at end to avoid suckback into hot test-tube
- keep ethanol away from flame - ethanol flammable
- keep long hair tied back/wear gogles/wear gloves - avoid burns/contact with chemicals
ethene, ethyne experiments diagrams
know diagrams from notes
precautions when carrying out ethene experiment
- remove delivery tube from water before removing heat at end to avoid suckback into hot test-tube
- keep ethanol away from flame - ethanol flammable
- keep long hair tied back/wear gogles/wear gloves - avoid burns/contact with chemicals
- wear mask - avoid inhaling glass wool